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| Cooks have discovered the array of tastes beer can bring to the kitchen. Beer can also be used in place of some higher calorie ingredients, enhancing both health and enjoyment. Substitute a stout or a porter for some of the oils or sugars in a marinade. You'll have all the rich flavors of the original, and nuances from the beer. And beer is an excellent tenderizer. In baked goods, beer adds moistness, but with fewer calories. Try a slightly sweet bock beer as a glaze during broiling or grilling, instead of an oil or syrup based glaze. The residual sugars in the beer add sweetness. Beer can substitute wine in stews, soups, and sauces (but avoid the highly-hopped beer styles, which add too much bitterness. In fact, the classic Belgian beef stew Carbonnade a la Flamande gets its distinctive character from beer. Drizzle a fruit lambic over fresh fruit instead of syrup for a dessert. (Cooking with beer recipes here) |
| The strongest beer available in U.K. shops has been banned because of complaints about the wording on its label. Tokyo* beer will no longer be available to customers in the U.K. until wording suggesting that people should drink the beer when they are feeling like being excessive has been changed. The beer has an 18.2 percent alcohol content. BrewDog, the Scottish based company behind the beverage, has hit back by saying that it is ridiculous that a drink should be banned because of a witty remark on its label. Martin Dickie, the company’s director said that the ban was "simply patronizing to shoppers and that it was just more proof that the nanny state has once again gone crazy." Brewdog has also pointed out that Tokyo* beer is only available through a small number of retailers and that ninety-percent of the beverage is brewed for export. Government watchdogs claimed that a beer as strong as Tokyo* should have a label telling people that moderation is important with such a strong beer. Brewdog also makes what it claims is the world’s strongest beer. Tactical Nuclear Penguin sells for £35.00 per bottle and has an alcohol content of 32 percent. |
If the law says so...- You may think they're all the same but USA federal
regulations differentiate between "low-alcohol," "non-alcoholic," and "alcohol-free."
The non-alcoholic label "may be used on malt beverages, provided that it contains less
than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume and such statement appears in direct conjunction
with it, in readily legible printing and on a completely contrasting background."
Henineken v. Miller- No, not in a beer tasting taste, but in a brewry buying
duel. Mexican brewer and bottler FEMSA , Mexico's No.2 brewer and maker of Dos Equis
and Tecate, has put its business up for sale and the front runners to purchase the
operation are Heineken and SABMiller with offers in the $7.5 billion plus range. Frankly,
we don't care who wins as long as they keep showing that great "most interesting man
in the world" commercial.
No WI in NYC- A New York City bar is in trouble for selling a Wisconsin beer.
New York State Liquor Authority says investigators recently confiscated 50 cases of
Spotted Cow from the Mad River Bar & Grille in Manhattan. The beer is made by New
Glarus Brewing Company in Green County, WI. Brew master Dan Carey says the beer is
not licensed to sell outside of Wisconsin and has not idea how it got to NYC. The New
York City bar could lose its license for selling the beer and not paying the appropriate
taxes.
regulations differentiate between "low-alcohol," "non-alcoholic," and "alcohol-free."
The non-alcoholic label "may be used on malt beverages, provided that it contains less
than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume and such statement appears in direct conjunction
with it, in readily legible printing and on a completely contrasting background."
Henineken v. Miller- No, not in a beer tasting taste, but in a brewry buying
duel. Mexican brewer and bottler FEMSA , Mexico's No.2 brewer and maker of Dos Equis
and Tecate, has put its business up for sale and the front runners to purchase the
operation are Heineken and SABMiller with offers in the $7.5 billion plus range. Frankly,
we don't care who wins as long as they keep showing that great "most interesting man
in the world" commercial.
No WI in NYC- A New York City bar is in trouble for selling a Wisconsin beer.
New York State Liquor Authority says investigators recently confiscated 50 cases of
Spotted Cow from the Mad River Bar & Grille in Manhattan. The beer is made by New
Glarus Brewing Company in Green County, WI. Brew master Dan Carey says the beer is
not licensed to sell outside of Wisconsin and has not idea how it got to NYC. The New
York City bar could lose its license for selling the beer and not paying the appropriate
taxes.
| Hangover Study A new study has compared hangovers from drinks such as whiskey, vodka, beer, and wine to see which leads to the weaker hangover. The study was carried out by a team of researchers l from Brown University in Rhode Island. Researchers studied 95 people between the ages of 21 and 33 who were each considered to be in good health. The researchers agreed that a hangover is likely caused by a combination of direct effects of ethanol, effects of ethanol removal, effects of ethanol breakdown products, effects of other components of the alcoholic beverage, and personal characteristics. Their report added that most alcoholic beverages contain small amounts of other active compounds besides ethanol. These compounds add to the smell, taste, and appearance of the beverage. Gin or vodka, which contain almost pure ethanol, produce fewer hangover symptoms than alcoholic beverages that contain other alcohol compounds (such as red wine, brandy, or whiskey). For example, methanol is implicated in contributing to hangover. Red wine, whiskey, and brandy all contain high levels of methanol. The study's conclusions, put simply, are that a drink such as bourbon led to a far more severe hangover than a lighter drink such as vodka. Darker liquors lead to the most severe hangovers and that sticking to lighter drinks, most noteably beer, will lead to a weaker hangover overall. send contributions for On Tap to webmaster@beernexus.com |
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